My brother's 88 Acura Integra had the easiest disk pad replacement process I've
ever seen. You didn't have to remove the calipers because they simply swung up
and out of the way once a through-bolt was removed. It looked like both the
inner and outer pads were mounted to this swing up
arm.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

My brother's 88 Acura Integra had the easiest disk pad replacement process I've
ever seen. You didn't have to remove the calipers because they simply swung up
and out of the way once a through-bolt was removed. It looked like both the
inner and outer pads were mounted to this swing up
arm.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

Volvos are a bit like that.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Wblane" <wblane@aol.combotizer> wrote in message
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> My brother's 88 Acura Integra had the easiest disk pad replacement process
I've
> ever seen. You didn't have to remove the calipers because they simply
swung up
> and out of the way once a through-bolt was removed. It looked like both
the
> inner and outer pads were mounted to this swing up
> arm.
> -Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

Volvos are a bit like that.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Wblane" <wblane@aol.combotizer> wrote in message
news:20041012152353.13228.00001703@mb-m12.aol.com...
> My brother's 88 Acura Integra had the easiest disk pad replacement process
I've
> ever seen. You didn't have to remove the calipers because they simply
swung up
> and out of the way once a through-bolt was removed. It looked like both
the
> inner and outer pads were mounted to this swing up
> arm.
> -Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

Volvos are a bit like that.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Wblane" <wblane@aol.combotizer> wrote in message
news:20041012152353.13228.00001703@mb-m12.aol.com...
> My brother's 88 Acura Integra had the easiest disk pad replacement process
I've
> ever seen. You didn't have to remove the calipers because they simply
swung up
> and out of the way once a through-bolt was removed. It looked like both
the
> inner and outer pads were mounted to this swing up
> arm.
> -Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)

 

You still sound like a Jerk Paul. Lighten up man. The jack he bought will
serve him well for the amount of work he does. Not everyone needs a snap on
or hilti or whatever.
KH

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
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> Pep Boys? Yeah, they hire REAL mechanics like Harbor Freight sells REAL
> tools. Good luck.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>

 

You still sound like a Jerk Paul. Lighten up man. The jack he bought will
serve him well for the amount of work he does. Not everyone needs a snap on
or hilti or whatever.
KH

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:2t03tnF1q6idtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Pep Boys? Yeah, they hire REAL mechanics like Harbor Freight sells REAL
> tools. Good luck.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>

 

You still sound like a Jerk Paul. Lighten up man. The jack he bought will
serve him well for the amount of work he does. Not everyone needs a snap on
or hilti or whatever.
KH

"Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:2t03tnF1q6idtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Pep Boys? Yeah, they hire REAL mechanics like Harbor Freight sells REAL
> tools. Good luck.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
>

 

Haha Doug, where did you come up with the sock thing? It made me think of
the time I left a burrito wrapped in tin foil that you put on your manifold
to heat up for lunch on one of your jeep outings only to forget it there for
a few weeks.
KH

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Nathan Otis did pass the time by typing:
>> Do. It. Yourself.
>>
>> Disc brakes are seriously one of the easiest things to change on your own
>> outside of changing a tire. I'm only slightly mechanically inclined and
>> it
>> took me under an hour the first time. How about a walk through?
>>
>> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/frontbrakes-1.htm
>
> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take it
> off.
> But to each their own.
>
> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
> slightly
> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
> replaced
> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
> but
> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>
> --
> DougW
>

 

Haha Doug, where did you come up with the sock thing? It made me think of
the time I left a burrito wrapped in tin foil that you put on your manifold
to heat up for lunch on one of your jeep outings only to forget it there for
a few weeks.
KH

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:%TEad.40720$tU4.32234@okepread06...
> Nathan Otis did pass the time by typing:
>> Do. It. Yourself.
>>
>> Disc brakes are seriously one of the easiest things to change on your own
>> outside of changing a tire. I'm only slightly mechanically inclined and
>> it
>> took me under an hour the first time. How about a walk through?
>>
>> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/frontbrakes-1.htm
>
> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take it
> off.
> But to each their own.
>
> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
> slightly
> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
> replaced
> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
> but
> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>
> --
> DougW
>